Institute For Creative Technologies (ICT)

Abstract

This project supports simulation and training technology research at the Army's Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) at the University of Southern California. The ICT was established as a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) to support Army training and readiness through research into simulation and training technology for applications such as mission rehearsal, leadership development, health and medical, and distance learning. The ICT actively performs research and engages industry to exploit dual-use technology and serves as a means for the military to learn about, benefit from, and facilitate the transfer of applicable technologies into military systems. In addition the ICT works with creative talent from the entertainment industry to leverage techniques and capabilities and adapt concepts of story and character to increase the degree of participant immersion in synthetic environments in order to improve the realism and usefulness of these experiences. In developing a true synthesis of the creativity, research, technology, and capability of industry and the research and development community, the ICT is revolutionizing capabilities for the Army by making it more effective in terms of cost, time, range of experiences and the quality of the result. Resulting research, techniques, and technologies and techniques are transitioned for maturation to PE 0602308A /project D02. The cited work is consistent with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering science and technology priority focus areas and the Army Modernization Strategy. Work in this project is performed by the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, MD.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: J08_0601104A_1_2040_PB_2014

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